Monika Kushwaha
International-Interprofessional Minor Concentration
Leadership and Organizational Change Minor Concentration
Contact Information
Office: Miller Hall, Room G033
Email: kushwamn@jmu.edu
Education
- M.A. Psychology and Education, Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006
- B.A. Psychology (minor in Religion), Rutgers University, 2002
Prior Clinical Experience
- Recruitment and Mental Health Screen Trainer at the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice at the New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Life Skills Instructor at a Residential Treatment Facility for male youth ages 6-16.
- Case manager at a Group Home for clients with functional schizophrenia and various comorbidities.
- Family Support Specialist for the Middlesex County, NJ Association for Retarded Citizens
- Mentor for the Supportive Parent Aid Network run through Middlesex County College, NJ
Research Interests
- Social-emotional learning in the schools
- Mental health treatment for youth involved in the juvenile justice system
- Risk factors for mental illness in affluent youth
- Effective primary prevention in the schools
- Violence prevention in urban and suburban schools
